シャドーイング練習: Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body (Official Video) - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ

This video has 38 sentences and 572 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:55. The speaker talks at a steady 117 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 91% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

13 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• harm /hɑːm/ (noun) — Physical injury; hurt; damage.
• thick /θɪk/ (adjective) — Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
• naked /ˈneɪkɪd/ (adjective) — Bare, not covered by clothing.
• romance /roʊˈmæn(t)s/ (noun) — An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
• sail /seɪl/ (noun) — A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination…
• disrespect /dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/ (noun) — A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behavior.
• smelling /ˈsmɛlɪŋ/ (verb) — Used in adjectival compounds.
• keen /kin/ (adjective) — Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
• babe /beɪb/ (noun) — A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
• attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ (verb) — To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
• whirl /(h)wɝl/ (verb) — To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
• shaky /ˈʃeɪki/ (adjective) — Shaking or trembling.
• shhh — Elongated form of shh.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• walk away (verb) — To withdraw from a problematic situation.
• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
• beat back (verb) — To fight against and cause to recede.
• go ahead /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ (verb) — To proceed with; to begin.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 37 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, wanna, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like harm, thick, naked.

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